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international / anti-war / imperialism Sunday January 03, 2010 - 20:43 by Shamus Cooke
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Shamus Cooke writes on whats happening in Iran and compares the genuine struggle for real change in Iran to Obamas agenda for intervention. The full article is at the link. In Iran, mass protests were drowned in blood by government authorities; at least ten reportedly have been killed with hundreds injured. The events have been given ample coverage in the U.S. media, with the intention of further demonizing Iran’s repressive government. Absent in the American media are the deeper implications of the protests, which, to anyone paying close attention, constitute a powerful revolutionary movement. This movement has grown exponentially in a very short period of time. Although only beginning in June over allegations of voter fraud, the movement is now endorsed by millions of combative Iranians, demanding “death to the dictator,” while they waive an Iranian flag that’s missing the Muslim insignia. Massive demonstrations in the streets and university campuses have directly confronted police repression and in some cases have overcome it. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday January 03, 2010 - 15:31 by Kev
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Below are links to the latest update from, and an interview with, the Derry to Gaza team, who are part of the Viva Palestina Convoy. Both articles are from today, 3rd January 2010. Also included is an article about the progress of the Viva Palestina Convoy: ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday January 01, 2010 - 15:58 by Kev
On 6th December 2009 the third Viva Palestina international aid convoy set off from London. Over the next few weeks it traveled almost three thousand miles through 9 countries gaining support as it went. By 24th December, Christmas Eve, when it reached the post of Aqaba in Jordan it had grown to almost 500 people in 250 vehicles - carrying much needed medical aid for the besieged people of Gaza. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday January 01, 2010 - 15:07 by Kev
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Over 1,000 Palestinian citizens of Israel and several dozen Jewish Israelis demonstrated this morning outside of the Erez Crossing, demanding an end to the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip. Organised by the Arab High Monitoring Committee, the demonstration coincided with the one year anniversary of Israel’s military attacks on the Gaza Strip, which resulted in 1,400 deaths and thousands wounded. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday December 31, 2009 - 17:47 by Arnaldo Otegi
Arnaldo Otegi, the basque independentist left leader made this speech before entering prison. In it he talks about the new initiative held by basque left. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Thursday December 31, 2009 - 16:13 by C. Antillon
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On the Irsheconomy blog, established by Professor Philip Lane, the good professor himself has begun to come under attack for his analyses. ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Tuesday December 29, 2009 - 22:01 by Grapevine
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Two well made and free to download films on climate chaos. ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Tuesday December 29, 2009 - 16:08 by Lester Havock
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Names of Irish priests who have abused children in the U.S. have been revealed. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / worker & community struggles and protests Tuesday December 29, 2009 - 13:32 by Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin
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Morgue in Rawalpindi, Pakistan ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Saturday December 26, 2009 - 20:34 by Joseph Tierney
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RTE is reporting that the Department of Finance has refused to comment on reports that Brian Lenihan has been diagnosed with cancer. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday December 25, 2009 - 18:11 by Kev
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Palestinians in Gaza staged mass demonstrations on Friday against Egypt’s plan to build a metal wall along its border with the territory. ... read full story / add a comment 
cavan / miscellaneous Friday December 25, 2009 - 17:41 by Ted
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"They would take the eye out of you while smiling at you... They've been reared that way." Cavan Anglo Celt Newspaper http://www.anglocelt.ie/news/roundup/articles/2009/12/1...udge/ "It's time the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) got the finger out on these people. They're driving around in jeeps, and the rest of the country on its knees," said Judge MacBride as he dealt with three members of the McDonagh family in Cavan District Court last Thursday. "I'm going to put a stop to it, in so far as I can make my small contribution in my district," said the judge, who spoke of the family "moving like yo-yos" and going to different employment exchanges. ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Tuesday December 22, 2009 - 10:55 by Joe
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Irish Minister for Defence Willie O'Dea admits making false and deflamatory statments against Limerick Sinn Fein Councillor Maurice Quinlivan. Minister O'Dea also admitted making false stements in evidence to the High Court in an earlier action, when he falsely denied having made these statements. Minister O'Dea has publically apologised to Mr Quinlivan, agreed to pay damages as well as paying all legal expenses. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday December 21, 2009 - 11:04 by pat c
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The truth is out! Those who revealed that the Israelis were harvesting the organs of palestinians were denounced as anti-Semites. But now Dr Jehuda Hiss, former head of Israel's Abu Kabir forensic institute has admitted its true. The Israeli military say they stopped doing this a decade ago. Who would believe them? Full text at link. Israel has admitted that in the 1990s, its forensic pathologists harvested organs from dead bodies, including Palestinians, without permission of their families. The issue emerged with publication of an interview with the then-head of Israel's Abu Kabir forensic institute, Dr Jehuda Hiss. The interview was conducted in 2000 by an American academic, who released it because of a huge controversy last summer over an allegation by a Swedish newspaper that Israel was killing Palestinians in order to harvest their organs. Israel hotly denied the charge. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday December 20, 2009 - 15:08 by John Cornford
Yassamine Mather and Chris Strafford write on how internal squabbles continue to plague the Islamist Regime. Meanwhile the opposition movement continues to radicalise and surge ahead. They point to need to oppose sanctions against Iran saying: Sanctions against Iran are a stepping stone to military aggression. Full text at link. Each day that goes by, the gap between the protesters and the leaders of the ‘green movement’ increases. The statements of Moussavi, Khatami and Karroubi expressing allegiance to Khomeini will not go down well with many of their own supporters. Moussavi is clearly concerned that he is losing control of the protests, as he keeps warning everyone about the threat of “radicalism”. On Monday December 15 he said: “If people’s questions were answered and they were not confronted violently, we would not see some of the controversial moves today ... People want an end to the security-obsessed atmosphere: in such an atmosphere radicalism grows.” ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Saturday December 19, 2009 - 09:38 by Cathal
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The Irish Times has published some quotes from emails between the Department of Finance and the IMF. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday December 18, 2009 - 11:42 by pat c
Professors Mario Barbieri, Maurizio Barbieri & Paola Manduca have prepared a a report which shows that the 2006 and 2009 Israeli bombing has left Gaza in a dangerous copndition for its inhabitants. Not just from unexploded bombs but also from toxic metals in the soils. Full text at link. The 2006 and 2009 Israeli bombings in Gaza Strip have left a high concentration of toxic metals in the soil. Those metals can cause tumours and problems with fertility, and they can have serious effects on newly born babies, like deformities and genetic pathologies. The metals are in particular tungsten, mercury, molybdenum, cadmium and cobalt. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday December 16, 2009 - 17:55 by Makhno
Yassamine Mather and Chris Srafford write on the developing unrest in Iran. They say its no longer just a matter of the leadership: the future of the Islamic Republic of Iran is in question. Full text at link. The 56th anniversary of the murder of three students by the shah's security forces during vice president Richard Nixon?s visit to Tehran in 1953 may prove to be the last Students Day commemorated under the heel of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Hundreds of thousands of students, youth and workers took to the streets in protest against the regime and the barbaric repression meted out since the June elections.People taking part in the various actions carried Iranian flags, but without the Islamic Republic's sign of Allah, showing that the movement is moving beyond the slogans of the "reformists". ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday December 16, 2009 - 14:30 by pat c
Paul Roberts writes on the continuing campaign of Ethnic Cleansing carried out against the Palestinian People. Not just by the state of Israel: Zionists Planters are alloed to carry out attacks on Palestinians and to destroy their property with impunity. Full text at link. “Settlers attack West Bank mosque and burn holy Muslim books” was a London Times headline on December 11, 2009. These attacks, together with the demolition of Palestinian homes, the uprooting of Palestinians’ olive groves, the innumerable checkpoints that prevent Palestinians from accessing schools, work, and medical care, the Israeli Wall that denies Palestinians access to the land stolen from them, and the isolation and blockade of the Gaza Ghetto, are part of the Israeli government’s policy of genocide for the Palestinians. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday December 15, 2009 - 15:45 by Mina
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Here are extracts from a report by Amnesty International which documents the outrages carried out by Iranian militia and police. Vids and the full text is at the link. Human rights violations in Iran are now as bad as at any time in the past 20 years, Amnesty International has said in a new report on the aftermath of last June’s presidential election. "The Iranian leadership must ensure that the many allegations of torture, including rape, unlawful killings and other abuses are fully and independently investigated," said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Deputy Director of Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa Programme. ... read full story / add a comment |
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